My girls are weighing heavy on my heart this morning,
Sometimes they look in my eyes, asking, "Ms A. Why?"
Why are we so compromised, victimized, non-legitimized...
Of course I tell them how wonderful they are, how young black women are setting the world on fire,
Making things happen,
Filling up college classrooms, and boardrooms across the country,
And they are mostly happy to hear that,
But....the disenfranchised, poor girls know that in many cases they are not represented in that group I just mentioned,
It is extraordinarily difficult to look them square in the eye and say ....
Babies you are compromised, victimized and non-legitimized because to a sick world,
You Are Easy Prey...
You are living in a situation where people know you don't have much...
So they offer you small bits of nothing...
So they can take away something...
Most precious...
Predators know you are lonely and sad,
And would be mighty glad...
To feel arms around you...
Any arms...
So with slick messages...
Soft voices,
And compromised Integrity...
They wiggle into your soft, vulnerable places...
Attacking that which is sacred...
Probably not even realizing how much damage they are doing,
Because in many cases they are so damaged themselves....
That is why it is so important to say NO...
To realize that giving up that which is most valuable,
For a coke and a smile, is never worth it,
And that there is no price on what God has given you,
And if there were, no one would have enough to pay it...
It is so hard to say it, BUT SAY IT I MUST....
LOVE, PEACE AND BLESSINGS,
angelia
http://www.angeliavmenchan.com/
